WGT Golf News

Play CC Event #3 this weekend to compete against other country clubs for new rewards, including new Dog Tee Markers and Flags for your country club tournaments, and the gold MAX CC Rewards gold putter, plus bragging rights.

CC Event #3 runs for 48 hours all day Sat 11/29 and Sun 11/30 with multiple 4-hour Clashes, so be sure to play as many games as you can for your club this weekend, and keep your eyes on the Leaderboard.

When a CC Event starts, anyone in your country club can enter your country club in the event. Once your club is entered, you'll get matched up with another club, similar to your club's skill level, which starts the Club Clash and a timer will show how much time is left in each 4-hour clash.

Each Club Clash is played on nine-holes at either Kiawah, Bethpage, Olympic or Pinehurst No. 2. Post as many good rounds as you can for your country club in each Club Clash, using either a Club Pass or a new Superpass to multiply your points.

The winning clubs in each Club Clash receive additional bonus points, and at the end of the CC Event, the Top 1,000 clubs all win some prizes like Speed Boosts, the Top 25 clubs win new Dog Tee Markers and Flagsticks (keep an eye out for a sneak preview as you play in the event!) and the first place club wins the new MAX CC Rewards Putter for a lucky member.

The NIKE RZN Reds are the most popular and top-performing premium virtual golf balls on WGT, giving you more distance and control, plus a slower WGT swing meter. With these, every shot will be easier to hit, go longer and stop on the green faster.

This special offer is for WGT Golf Mobile, but WGT players on web can download the free app for iPhone and iPad, log in with their web account, make the deposit in the mobile app then use the free NIKE balls on either the web or mobile games.

Note, the NIKE virtual golf balls will automatically be added to your inventory but not automatically equipped. To play with the new golf balls, just open your Equipment and equip the new NIKE RZN Red golf balls from your inventory.

Make sure you post your score in the final Major of the 2014 WGT Virtual Tour season. It's your last chance to move into the top 70 spots on the season leaderboard to qualify for the Virtual Tour Championship in December.

Post your best Round 1 score in the Golf Advisor Championship on Pinehurst No. 2 by 11/25, then play the single-play Round 2 between 11/26-11/30, for your shot at the 400,000 credit purse.

The top 70 scores in each tier on the Virtual Tour overall season leaderboard qualify to play in the Virtual Tour Championship in December, featuring a ONE MILLION credit purse – the largest ever on WGT. Check the Season Leaderboard now to make sure you stay above the cut line!

This week's Country Club of the Week is... WGT Pinhunters, a club focused on helping and improving the virtual golf games of their members and the WGT community.

The WGT Pinhunters country club has 98 members, including 2 officers, with more than 820,000 Experience Points (XP) earned. At Club Level 5, they have unlocked a number of country club benefits, including a free Putter Pal and Shot Pal for all of their members and earning +2% XP per round. Keep playing using CC Passes to level up your club to unlock these benefits too.

Club owner garypinhunter, a Level 88 Legend, explains the inspiration for creating the club:

"The WGT Pinhunters club idea came from many months working on the Golf Tip Website as a tip site for any WGT player. I wanted to offer a club where anyone can come and work on their game in a fun, easy going club. Once they become confident they can move on to another more competitive club, and I will recommend a few clubs to look at. I have made many friends with other CC owners. One director from a great club even sponsored a 2,500 credit tournament for our club a while back.

I have been surprised at the growth of the club, being that we only started September 27th of this year, but it shows the desire of those that seek to better their game. Having a good club director has helped me so much."

"WGT Pinhunters is a unique club. Our main goal is to accept every tier, especially the lower tiers that are searching for help. Gary has developed a number of lessons, tools and club tournaments to provide these new members with the guidance to success.

We want to teach [new and lower tier players] that this game is just for fun. We strive to give them the confidence to succeed and rise in experience and in skills. If they choose to leave the club once they reach that confidence goal, then Gary will direct them to clubs that he feels best fit their skills. If they choose to stay with the club, they become a teacher and 'pass it on.'"

In December, WGT will run the first-ever Virtual Tour Championship, with a record ONE MILLION WGT CREDIT PURSE, a value of $10,000 in WGT Credits.

The Top 70 players who finish in each of the Pro thru Tour Legend tiers on the Virtual Tour season leaderboard thru November will qualify to play in the December Championship. Held 12/2 to 12/8 for a prize purse of 500,000 WGT Credits. See details below.

The top 4 Tour Legends will play in a final round (on a brand new WGT strokeplay course) and will need to stream that round on Twitch, so other players can watch. Held 12/11 to 12/14 for another prize purse of 500,000 WGT Credits. See details below.

Watch top WGT players Dougie4042 and iconian (you may know him as WGTicon) battle it out on Pinehurst No. 2 tomorrow. See them play live Tuesday 3PM PST, on the official WGT Twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/wgtgolf

Tune in to watch and listen to all the action, get insights and tips from top players on how they play, and chat to ask questions of your own. Plus, follow along with the Twitch Chat and get a free WGT gift.